PHILOSOPHER

Aristotle

384 BC - 321 BC

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Aristotle (Attic Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης, romanized: Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science. Little is known about Aristotle's life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aristotle is the 2nd most popular philosopher (down from 1st in 2019), the most popular biography from Greece and the most popular Greek Philosopher.

Aristotle is most famous for his philosophy on the four causes. He believed that there were four causes for everything, and that they were material, formal, efficient, and final.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Aristotle ranks 2 out of 1,267. Before him are Gautama Buddha. After him are Plato, Socrates, Confucius, Pythagoras, Immanuel Kant, René Descartes, Avicenna, Laozi, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Baruch Spinoza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 384 BC, Aristotle ranks 1. After him is Demosthenes. Among people deceased in 321 BC, Aristotle ranks 1. After him are Perdiccas, Craterus, King Xian of Zhou, Neoptolemus, and Archon of Pella.

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    Aristotle

    PHILOSOPHER

    384 BC - 321 BC

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    Rank: 1

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    Demosthenes

    POLITICIAN

    384 BC - 322 BC

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    Rank: 2

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Aristotle ranks 1 out of 1,024. After him are Plato (-427), Alexander the Great (-356), Homer (-800), Socrates (-470), Pythagoras (-570), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Hippocrates (-460), Sophocles (-497), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), and Solon (-638).

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    Aristotle

    PHILOSOPHER

    384 BC - 321 BC

    HPI: 96.25

    Rank: 1

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    Plato

    PHILOSOPHER

    427 BC - 347 BC

    HPI: 95.94

    Rank: 2

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    Alexander the Great

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    356 BC - 323 BC

    HPI: 95.63

    Rank: 3

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    Homer

    WRITER

    800 BC - 750 BC

    HPI: 95.41

    Rank: 4

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    Socrates

    PHILOSOPHER

    470 BC - 399 BC

    HPI: 94.90

    Rank: 5

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    Pythagoras

    PHILOSOPHER

    570 BC - 495 BC

    HPI: 93.36

    Rank: 6

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    Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

    POLITICIAN

    1881 - 1938

    HPI: 91.26

    Rank: 7

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    Hippocrates

    PHYSICIAN

    460 BC - 370 BC

    HPI: 90.19

    Rank: 8

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    Sophocles

    WRITER

    497 BC - 406 BC

    HPI: 89.32

    Rank: 9

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    Democritus

    PHILOSOPHER

    460 BC - 360 BC

    HPI: 86.85

    Rank: 10

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    Epicurus

    PHILOSOPHER

    341 BC - 269 BC

    HPI: 86.65

    Rank: 11

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    Solon

    POLITICIAN

    638 BC - 558 BC

    HPI: 86.59

    Rank: 12

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Aristotle ranks 1. After him are Plato (-427), Socrates (-470), Pythagoras (-570), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), Plutarch (46), Protagoras (-486), Gorgias (-483), Theophrastus (-371), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), and Antisthenes (-445).

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